Auditory learning

transmitter antenna to the surgically implanted part of the system. The implant will turn the sound information into electrical signal that travel down to an electrode array inserted into the tiny inner ear, or cochlea. The electrode directly stimulate the auditory nerve to sending the information to the brain. By passing the damage innerear, the cochlear implant provides an entirely new mechanism for hearing. ( cochlear implant online,…

If you have some hearing problems go to Dr.Karen Mills. She is a Audiologist and a very good one at that she had a lot to say about being an Audiologist she knew everything about it and she got a Doctorate degree in it. She was telling us about how there was three types of hearing loss one being just mechanical hearing loss like too much earwax in your ears then, there was another one like if your eardrum was busted some times it could heal back and seal but other times if the hole was too wide…

Human Auditory Brainstem Response to High Click Rates: Aging Effects. American Journal of Audiology, 10, 53-61. doi:10.1044/1059-0889(2001/008) Although extensive research has been conducted to determine the effects of aging on peripheral hearing sensitivity, the effects of aging on the central auditory nervous system through the use of auditory brainstem response (ABR) procedures is less commonly researched. A previous study attempted to examine the effects of aging on the central auditory…

complexity and frequency. We process sounds through their timbre, pitch and how loud the sound is. The tiny hairs inside our ears, called cilia, move with the sound that is happening outside and stimulate a special nerve in your brain called the auditory nerve. Your ears are two of the most complex parts of your body. They have three portions, and only one that you can actually see. The soft skin and cartilage that you can touch, and even pierce for earrings, is called the auricle and pinna.…

DEFINITION OF TERMS American Sign Language (ASL): Visual gesture language using manual symbols to represent concepts or ideas. American Sign Language has its own grammatical structure and syntax. ASL is primarily used by signers in the United States. Disabilities – this defined as a complex phenomenon, reflecting an interaction between features of a person’s body and features of person’s society in which he or she lives. (World Health Organization) Hearing Impaired - A hearing impairment is a…

Tinnitus is the ringing in the ear, which is an unwanted sound that one can hear. The sounds can be constant or comes and goes, soft or loud, and in one ear or both. There are three ways to distinguish the symptoms of the patient’s tinnitus sound: tonal tinnitus, pulsatile tinnitus, and musical tinnitus. Tonal is a near continuous sound that are affiliated with subjective tinnitus, which is just the normal ringing sound, pulsatile is pulsing sound that one hears from their heartbeat and for some…

I currently have 4.75 senses. Sight. Smell. Taste. Touch. And three-quarters of my hearing. However, the magic number was not always 4.75- it was a bit less. The weeks after my audiologist told me that I lost half my hearing can only be described as utter chaos. I was behind on AP Biology work. Hours were spent with my AP Spanish teacher preparing for aural quizzes. My teachers had grown accustomed to seeing an empty seat where I usually sat because of my frequent doctor appointments. On top…

The Basics of Hearing Loss Hearing loss is a common health condition that affects more than 50 million Americans in the United States. Despite the fact that some of us have ears and have the ability to hear, many do not have a true understanding of the ear and how they work. To truly understand hearing and hearing loss, it helps to know the basics. Having a basic understanding about the function of the ears can help you better collaborate with your physician, and can lead to better hearing…

The topic I will be researching about is middle ear infection. Otitis media also known as middle ear infection is a group of inflammatory disease of the middle ear. The 2 types of infections are acute otitis media and otitis media with effusion. A shorter way to say these infections are AOM and OME. AOM is an infection that usually presents with ear pain. OME is typically not associated with symptoms. Aom affects about 11% of people a year,there is about 325 to 710 million cases. Some of the…

The special senses are hearing, equilibrium, vision, taste, and smell. Hearing is associated with the ear and how the sound waves travel through from external to internal ear. The external layer of the ear consists of the auricle, external acoustic meatus, and the tympanic membrane. Sound enters through the auricle, which carries the sound waves to the external acoustic meatus (i.e. ear canal). The external acoustic meatus in turn carries the sound waves to the tympanic membrane (i.e. eardrum).…